Emancipation

Freedom can not be achieved unless the women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression

 - Nelson Mandela-

You THOUGHT you had me

Maryam Monakali

“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed” – Steve Biko

You forced yourself on me

You stripped me bare.

Bare down to me soul

Now no more rare.

An African vase broken

Scattered gold dust

And no words were spoken

But that was just the crust.

My insides soft and tender

Full of wisdom great and strong

My father is a mender

He can fix all that is wrong

You thought you had me

But I stand here with power

In my mind I’m free

I don’t live in your hour

You may have beaten me

But that was my flesh

You though you have beaten me

But I withstood the test

Liberation

Has changed my song

Oppression

It is now gone

God gave me a beautiful Mind

My freedom lies within me.

The truth I seek to find

Will forever set me free.

My mind they cannot clutch

Ow they can’t even touch.

You thought you had me

But no I am free.

Being enlightened about who you are, where you come from, and the power you have to set yourself free from the oppression of western ideologies of beauty and self, all lies in the mind. Western oppressors thought that they were more intelligent than those being oppressed as they were successful in taking our land, women, men and possessions. But they THOUGHT they had us. They were never successful, because if they were as intelligent as they claimed they were, they would have realized that you can never oppress the mind of a strong people.

The Shade of Triumph